AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE vs AMD PRO A12-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE and AMD PRO A12-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE

AMD PRO A12-8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE

Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1798 vs 1784
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4051 vs 3888

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1798 vs 1784
PassMark - CPU mark	4051 vs 3888

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE
CPU 2: AMD PRO A12-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1798

1784

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4051

3888

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE	AMD PRO A12-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark	1798	1784
PassMark - CPU mark	4051	3888

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 2100GE	AMD PRO A12-8870
Essentials
Launch date	Q2'19	Q3 2016
Place in performance rating	1430	1452
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Family		AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray		AD887BAUM44AB
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD PRO A-Series A12 APU for Desktops
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Maximum frequency		4.2 GHz
Number of GPU cores		8
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1108 MHz
Processor graphics		R7
Switchable graphics
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Vulkan
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Advanced Technologies
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)